Back in the day, there weren’t many options for paddy where tv was concerned. To say RTE had a monopoly on your evening entertainment is like saying the earth is…
They had ya by the bollix – the rose of Tralee
Category: Irish Society
The cruelty of course is the point
Signs of life from the Irish soccer team at last. What a goal the kid scored. Showed even more class as he refused to take the interviewers bait to blow…
The spud pickere hobknobbing with American presidents
I don’t know much about Scotland. We were always assured they are our lost Celtic cousins in a way that the English are not. It’s fair to say though that…
Don’t be a maverick – go out and watch the movie
You can hardly get out of bed without being assailed by publicity for the new Tom cruise movie. A sequel to the ‘cult classic, top gun’ and one reviewer wrote…
One nil to Putin.
Readers of this column will be aware of who defends Ireland and and the answer to the often asked question why are we so rich. The proper question should be…
For Love of Country and Tribal Glory.
If you live long enough you’ll see everything they say. Today was an example of that old chestnut as Ukraine (a country fighting a low level war against a superpower…
Texit wont come cheap
In the recent U.S election I heard one pundit say that the Republican Party would never return to sanity until it lost Texas. Indeed hopes were high that Democrats could…
Another kind of revolution for Cork GAA
The sound of death in the throat of Thomas Macswiney is the end of your adventure in Ireland’. This was the opinion of a guild of New York Irish as…
A ray of hope
In 1963 when Jack Kennedy (or ‘yer man’) as he came to be called landed in Ireland as part of his re-election campaign a journo helpfully described his job back…
Comeback for the ages at Croke Park
Admittedly, I saw little enough of last weekends hurling matches. Even so it was impossible not to see the massive black banner about ‘bloody Sunday’. To be honest, it distracted…